intake
noun
the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
intakes
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pluralof intake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At accounting firm Grant Thornton, just 10% of U.K. trainee intakes were apprentices in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Higher intakes are sometimes needed during illness, frailty or recovery, unless someone has been advised to restrict protein because of kidney disease or another condition.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2026
One of California’s two main north-south water conduits, it pumps water from the Delta near the intakes of the other major system, the State Water Project.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Few automobile exteriors are ever finished like this, with its broad, sterling-like chrome garnishes at the lower grille intakes, the rocker panels, exhaust outlets and bumpers, all smoothed perfectly into the blown-glass curvatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
As temperatures dropped, snow and ice appeared and began clogging the air intakes of the Vimy’s two engines.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
